Vessel-lifter.



S. PAJA.

VESSEL LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1914.

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VESSEL-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed. J'u1y 7, 1914. Serial No. 849,463.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that'I, STANISLAW PAJA, a subject'of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,

residing at Plymouth, in the county of- Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certam new and useful Improvemerits in Vessel-Lifters, of which the follow is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in vessel lifters.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vessel lifter consisting of a handle carrying clamping means to be received on a vessel handle or other support whereby the vessel may be lifted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a vessel lifter in the form of a handle provided with a plurality of clamping members positioned on the curved face so that the vessel may be'lifted by the handle at any particular angle to which the handle is applied thereto, and to further position the handle on vessels of different heights.

WVith the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the handle partly in section and shown attached to a vessel. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the same, and, Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the locking member.

Briefly described, the invention consists in providing a vessel lifting handle embodying a gripping portion and a substantially semi-circular band strip carried thereby with clamping means on the face of the band strip and in spaced relation so that a vessel may be gripped and readily lifted and to accommodate vessels of different heights and other dimensions.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates a portion of a vessel or pan of any suitable construction and is provided with a band strip 11 to be engaged by the clamping means carried by the lifting handle. The construction of handle will permit the same to be, readily attached to a pan provided with the usual handle.

The lifting handle comprises the gripping portion 12 which may be made of wood or other suitable material and having secured thereto at its ends, the semi-circular band 13. Openings 14 are provided in the semicircular band 13 at suitably spaced apart points. Secured to the said band 13 as by rivets or other suitable fastening means 15 are the angle pieces 16 having their free ends spaced from the said band and terminating at a point adjacent the openings 14,

while in the center of the band 13 there is plate 18 angularly bent at its ends as at 19 for engagement with the band 13 as shown in Fig. 1, and carries upon its inner face the pins 20 to be received in socket members 21 suitably secured to the inner face of the handle gripping portion 12. A coil spring 22 surrounds each of the pins 20 and engages at its opposite ends the plate 18 and flange carried by the socket member 21 to cause the plate to engage at its ends 19 the band 13. Secured to the plate 18 on the face opposite the pins 20 are the locking tongues 23, substantially equal in width to the openings 14 and normally extending therethrough, the said tongues being of a suitable length as shown by Fig. 1, and having their ends on the same are as the band 13. The locking tongues 23 are adapted by the springs 22 to be at all times projected through the said openings 14 and slightly past the free ends of the angle pieces 16 and 17, so that as shown in Fig. 1, when the angles pieces are received behind the vessel band 11, the adjacent locking tongue will be positioned above the same to hold the handle in locked position on the vessel.

In operation, the handle portion 12 is gripped by the hand and any number of fingers may be used for the operation of the plate 18. The plate 18 may be moved in a direction toward the said handle 12 and be guided in such movement by the pins 20 in the sockets 21 and be moved against the tension of the spring 22 to retract the locking tongues from the openings 14 in the band 13, so that the angle pieces 16 and 17 may be suitably positioned on a vessel band or handle, as shown in Fig. 1. After the handle has been suitably positioned on a vessel handle, the plate 18 is released and the springs 22 in exerting themselves move the said plate from the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 1 to the full line position, thereby causing the locking tongues 23 to be projected through the openings 14, and into position to slightly pass the angle pieces 16 and in substantial alinement with the free ends of the angle pieces 17 It will be noted that the handle may be used in connection with vessels of different heights and sizes and wherein the handle or band 11 is at varied distances from the base line of the pan, such operation being afforded by the particular positioning of the angle pieces 16 on the band 13.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, I do not wish to confine myself to the exact details of construction shown, as various forms, modifications and arrangement of the parts as shown may be had without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. In a vessel lifter, a hand grip, a semicircular band secured at its ends to said hand grip and provided with suitably spaced openings therein, socket members carried by said hand grip and positioned thereon in alinement with said band, a plate having its ends normally engaging the inner face of said band, inwardly-directed pins carried by said plate to be received in said sockets, cushion springs surrounding said pins and sockets and normally forcing the plate in an outward direction, locking tongues carried by the opposite side of said'plate and extending through said band openings, and oppositely-disposed angle pieces secured to the outer face of said band and constituting complementalmeans for the locking tongues.

2. In a device of the class described, a hand grip, a curved band carried thereby, oppositely-disposed angle pieces carried by said band and having their free ends normally spaced therefrom, and spring-pressed locking tongues supported on said hand grip and extending through said band to constitute locking means for the angle pieces.

In testlmony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

STANISLAW PAJA.

Witnesses Yoznr YANKO, J OHNN RENIIL,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. 0. 

